Anne’s Image of the Day: Pulsar SXP 1062
By Annelies Rhemrev
November 13, 2012
SXP 1062, a pulsar within a supernova remnant
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al & ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: AURA/NOAO/CTIO/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al
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